I now rejoice in my
sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions
of Christ… —Colossians 1:24
“The Christian worker has to
be a sacred “go-between.” He must be so closely identified with his Lord and
the reality of His redemption that Christ can continually bring His creating
life through him. I am not referring to the strength of one individual’s personality
being superimposed on another, but the real presence of Christ coming through
every aspect of the worker’s life. When we preach the historical facts of the
life and death of our Lord as they are conveyed in the New Testament, our words
are made sacred. God uses these words, on the basis of His redemption, to
create something in those who listen which otherwise could never have been
created. […] We must make sure that we are living in such harmony with God that
as we proclaim His truth He can create in others those things which He alone
can do. […] The danger is to glory in men, yet Jesus says we are to lift up
only Him (see John 12:32)." CHAMBERS
Recently our granddaughter
asked if a young man could come to the house.
She needed to talk to him. When
asked what the subject was, she replied, “He needs Jesus.” Oh that all of us would be so responsive to
the Lord’s prompting to speak the Gospel.
She met with the young man, expecting a conversion on our front porch. It didn’t happen, which confused her. She was so confident that it was the right
thing to do. I explained to her that
from the first time my parents shared the Gospel with me, I was 19 serving in
the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, until I yielded my heart to the Lord was 7
years. I told her our responsibility is
to speak when prompted. It is God who calls
and God who saves. You have had and will
have the opportunity to share your faith … meaning to share the Gospel, not
just talk about yourself. The telling of
what happened to you does not save people, it only describes your spiritual
journey. (Romans 1:16) “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) “For I
delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died
for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was
raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” No one is willing
to receive the spiritual truth of that proclamation unless the Spirit of God is
at work. You cannot convince anyone
through logic or argument of its truth. Bottom
line. You do your part and let God do
His. ELGIN
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